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diff --git a/upstream/debian-bookworm/man1/lmove.1 b/upstream/debian-bookworm/man1/lmove.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9539fb9d --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/debian-bookworm/man1/lmove.1 @@ -0,0 +1,165 @@ +.\" $Revision: 3.10.4 $ +.TH LMOVE 1 +.SH NAME +lmove - move articles into /news/group/number directories +.SH SYNOPSIS +.I lmove +.BI +-d directory +[ +.BI +-c filename +] +[ +.BI +-a filename +] +[ +.BI +-e | -E filename +] +[ +.BI +-l phrase_file +] +[ +.BI +-D +] +[ +.BI +-A +] +[ +.BI +-h | -s +] + +.SH OPTIONS + +\-a filename + +This is the location of the active file. See description of file below. +If this option is not provided, the default of "active" is used. + +\-A + +Lmove uses the active file to determine what number to start at when +creating the file name for the articles in each group. If an external +program or person either puts articles into the directories, or changes +the numbers in the active file, the possibility exists to accidently +overwrite already existing articles. In order to avoid this, lmove +checks to see if an article already exists before moving a new article +into the directory tree. If it already exists, then lmove aborts with +a warning message at that point. + +This option overrides the default action. If this option is given when +lmove runs, then lmove will keep increasing the article number until +it finds one not being used. + +\-c filename + +This is the location of the configuration file. See description of file below. +If this option is not provided, the default of "lmove-config" is used. + +\-d directory + +This option is required. This is the directory that contains the articles +for lmove to put into the directory structure. It should be on the same +filesystem as the BASE directory (see ACTIVE FILE below), since some ..IX's +move command can not move files across file systems. + +\-D + +This option tells lmove to log various debugging messages to debug.suck. This is +primarily used by the developer to trace various problems. + +\-e | \-E filename + +These options will send all error messages (normally displayed on stderr), to +an alternate file. The lower case version, -e, will send the error messages +to the compiled-in default defined in suck_config.h. +The upper case version, -E, requires the filename parameter. All error messages +will then be sent to this file. + +\-l phrase_file + +This option tells lmove to load in an alternate phrase file, instead of using +the built-in messages. This allows you to have lmove print phrases in another +language, or to allow you to customize the messages without re-building lmove. +See the "FOREIGN LANGUAGE PHRASES" in suck.1 for more details. + +\-s + +This option tells suck to create symbolic links for articles that are cross +posted to multiple groups. The first group on the newsgroups line that +is in the active file gets the actual text of the article, any other groups +that are on the newsgroups line that also exist in the active file will get +symbolic links to the actual text. This is so that news readers can see +cross posted articles in all the groups that they were cross posted to. +NOTE: If an article is cross posted to a group that does not exist in the +active file, then a link will not be created. + +\-h + +This option is identical to the -s option, but instead of symbolic links, +hard links are created. See man 2 link and man 2 symlink to explain the +differences between hard and symbolic links. + +.SH DESCRIPTION + +Lmove will take articles in a single directory (such as those retrieved with +"suck" ), and put them into a directory tree based on newsgroups. Lmove uses +an "active" file to determine where to put the various articles, and to keep +track of the highest numbered articles in these directories. Lmove will scan +each article to find a matching group in the active file, then store the +article in that group's directory, increasing the highest number for that +group. Normally, once the first group of an article is matched in the active file, +lmove goes on to the next article, unless you use the -h or -s option above. + +.SH CONFIGURATION FILE + +The configuration file should contain two lines: + +.RS +BASE=/usr/spool/news +.RE +.RS +ACTIVE=/usr/spool/news/active +.RE + +The BASE= tells lmove the base directory for all articles. This is where +the articles are actually stored. + +The ACTIVE= tells lmove where to find the active file, described below. + +.SH ACTIVE FILE + +The active file consists of newsgroup names, the current highest article number, +the current lowest article number, and the current status of the group. Lmove +only uses the newsgroup name and highest article number. The other fields are +just rewritten, and not modified in any way. These are here for use by other +programs. + +Example: + +.RS +comp.os.linux.announce 1000 1 y +.RE + +The lines are a listing of the valid groups that lmove will +store articles in. The highest article number for a new group should be +either 0 or 1. + +Upon completion, lmove will move the current active file to "active.old", +and write out a new active file with the new highest article numbers. +Any articles not moved into the directory structure are left in the original +article directory. + +.SH EXIT VALUES +0 on success, -1 on failure. +.de R$ +Revision \\$$3, \\$$4 +.. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +suck(1), rpost(1), testhost(1). |